Putting The Brakes On Unsafe Trucking Companies

FMCSA hears comments on Motorcoach Hours-of-Service rules

Hear the “Motorcoach Hours-of-Service Listening Session” from October 30, 2012 by clicking HERE.This is an important topic to APITLA because the safety of America’s roads depends on the drivers of semi trucks and motorcoaches being well-rested and alert.

The Agency seeks data and answers relating to the following issues and questions as it considers development of a rulemaking on these requirements:

Driving Time – Information or data that examine fatigue and safety differences associated with different driving time periods.

Duty Time/Driving Window – Information on patterns of work for motorcoach drivers.

Time-On-Task (TOT) Function – Information on methods for evaluating fatigue associated with motorcoach operators’ actual driving time, including suggestions for estimating TOT effects, especially where it might obtain data on exposure and other motorcoach driver characteristics that would enable the Agency to estimate how or whether crash risk varies over successive hours of daily driving.

Cumulative Fatigue – Information on the effects of cumulative fatigue during the work week, particularly scientific studies or data that would allow evaluation of cumulative fatigue and its impact on workplace safety, motorcoach driver safety performance, and productivity.